Day 4 - Recap

What a day it was today. We started this morning with dog #9 at 8:54 am. We finished with dog #45 at 4:51 pm. Here is what the day brought...

We had our gun changes between dog #22 & 24 around 10:48 am. This became an extended gun change due to some birds escaping. But once everything got under control we were back up and going. Our second and last gun change of the day came after dog #35 at 3:11 pm.

This test had an honor so dogs #34 Mickey (from WI) and #35 Mickey (from TX) had to split up. So #35 went after #36!

We had 29 dogs come to the line with 25 of them starting this series. Four dogs will be getting their re-runs tomorrow.

We had 12 no birds; 8 re-runs; 2 double handled; 6 handled and 2 picked up. 

It was an eventful day!! 

Also announced was the Workers Party on the grounds starting at 5:00 pm. A much needed unwind time for all the people that are working so hard making this event possible.

We will complete this series tomorrow, November 11 (Veterans Day) with 21 dogs to run. The test dogs will be called to the line at 7:30 am with the first running dog #46 to follow at 8:00 am!

Have fun at the workers party, remember to thank your military, past and present!

Good night!

45. FC-AFC Seaside's Gorgeous George, "Clooney" BLM, Ryan Brasseaux

Owner: Frank Jones & Michael Robicheaux

Open Stats: 1st placements - 5; Other placements - 12; Career Points - 51.5

4:31 pm

Right Flyer - Clooney had a brief hunt in the area and found his bird.

Short Retired - Clooney exited the pond between the two points. He made a loop to the right of the bush then worked his way back to the shoreline to find his duck.

Left Flyer - long flyer - He proceeded directly to the fall area but ended hunting deep up the hill. After a determined hunt, Clooney came up with his rooster.

Long Retired - Clooney found the bird after a methodical hunt!

 

 

No Bird - 44. FC-AFC Yours Truly Indigo, "Tru" BLF, Chris Ledford

4:28 pm

Tru and Chris came to the line and received a no bird. They will be getting their re-run tomorrow as we are about to finish for the day.

43. NAFC-FC Steadfast's Bachelor Special, "Croc" BLM, Ty Rorem

Owners: Monte & Pam Wulf

Open Stats: 1st placements - 7; Other placements - 9; Career Points - 51

4:14 pm

Right Flyer - Croc went straight to the fall area and his bird.

Short Retired - Croc went over the levee and crossed the middle of the pond getting over the long point her circled the back side of the gunners hide and went straight left to get the bird.

Left Flyer - He went over the levee and across the pond, then drove up the far hill getting under the arc of the bird for 4 or 5 passes to work his way to the left and get the bird.

Long Retired - Croc got into the pond on the right side of the line and up the hill and went straight to the fall area and the bird.

 

 

Rerun - 41. FC-AFC J & C's Another Round In the Chamber, "Bullet" BLM, Joseph Couey

 Bullet and Joseph came to the line and received a no bird. They will go back in the line for a re-run!

40. FC Freeridin Rikki Tikki Tavi, "Tavi" BLF, Marcy Wright

Owners: Tyler & Naomi Evans

Open Stats: 1st placements - 1; Other placements - 7; Career Points - 15

3:56 pm

Right Flyer - Nailed it

Short Retired - Tavi went over the levee and swam the pond. She drove past the blind with the gunners, but turned back down the draw and quickly jumped in to the small pond for her bird.

Left Flyer - She went up the hillside under the arc and hunted deep. With a big loop wide right Tavi came back to the fall area for her bird.

Long Retired - She drove the hill on a angle right of the gunners hide. Getting deep, she came back down and the bird.

 

 

[IMPROMPTU] Workers' Party

 Be sure to stick around on the grounds tonight for an impromptu Workers' Party. We will finish around 5 pm in order to have some fun and refreshments … See you there! Be there or be …

Handle - 39. FC T1's Seaside Construction Zone, "Stud" BLM, Scott Harp

Owner: Troy Powell

Open Stats: 1st placements - 2; Other placements - 4; Career Points - 17

3:40 pm

Right Flyer - Stud made a couple of quick loops and grabbed his bird.

Left Flyer - Good recovery of his flyer.

Short Retired - He angled off the spit but ran up under the arc of the fall a took a quick handle to come back in for the bird.

Long Retired - Stud went up the hill arriving left of the area, he went in and came out with the bird.

 

 

37. FC Hilltop's High Society Lady Ga Ga, "Lady" YLF, Danny Farmer

Owners: Carma Futhey & Sylvia McClure

Open Stats: 1st placements - 11; Other placements - 13; Career Points - 78.5

3:22 pm

Right Flyer - Lady went out past the fall area and went wide right and deep. Hunting deep of the wood pile, she got very deep towards the middle. Hunting hard but she finally got her bird.

Short Retired - She went up the levee into the pond going over the long point she went straight to the fall area and her bird.

Left Flyer - Over the levee and across the pond, Lady went up the hill where she circled left and right to get her bird.

Long Retired - Excellent Mark

 

6th Series - 2nd Gun Change

After our bye dog, the gun change started at 3:11 pm.

We are now 7 hours 43 minutes into this series. We just completed dog # 35 who had to run out of order due to the honor. We have had 22 dogs come to the line and now 20 of them has completed this series. 

So far this series had produced...

10 no bird; 8 re-runs

2 Double Handle

5 Handle

2 Pick Up

Right now we are averaging about 23 minutes per dog to complete this series. Lets see what brings on this next set of dogs.

35. FC-AFC Hockley Creek's Switch Hitter, "Mickey" BLM, Robby Bickley

Owner: Robby Bickley

Open Stats: 1st placements - 10; Other placements - 21; Career Points - 87

2:54 pm

Right Flyer - Mickey recovered a low and short flyer.

Left Flyer - He went straight up the hill to his flyer

Short Retired - No problem getting this bird.

Long Retired - Mickey took a few loops around the hid and he located his bird.

 

 

VIDEO of the Sixth Series

 

Rerun - 32. FC-AFC Tucked Away At River's Edge, "Tucker" BLM, Alex Abraham

Owner: Alex Abraham

Open Stats: 1st placements - 11; Other placements - 19; Career Points - 81.5 

2:38 pm

Right Flyer - Tucker went out to the fall area and got his bird with very few turns.

Short Retired - Straight to the area and his bird.

Left Flyer - Tucker came in under the arc and hunted deep then got deep left covering a large part of the field for this very short flyer, but he got his bird.

Long Retired - He went into the finger of the pond then drove up the hill getting under the arc, Tucker then hunted right then left but stayed in the area until he got his bird.

 

Handle - 36. FC TruLine's Just Floyd, "Floyd" YLM, Amie Henninger

Owners: Amie & John Henninger

Open Stats: 1st placements - 3; Other placements - 4; Career Points - 22.5

2:22 pm

Right Flyer - Floyd came to the area under the arc to make a quick right turn and got his bird.

Long Retired - His line went 3/4 the way up and then he went left and deep of teh bird. He had some loops there and worked over to the threes where the retired guns were. Floyd expended some effort there but got his bird.

Left Flyer - Amie took her time and got Floyd focused on his bird. Time well spent - he stepped on his flyer.

Short Retired - Floyd drove past the bird and had to be handled back to it.

 

 

Handle - 34. FC Seaside's Where Dreams Come True, "Mickey" BLM, Andrew Curtis

Owner: Nannette Hegerty

Open Stats: 1st placements - 1; Other placements - 7; Career Points - 22

2:07 pm

Right Flyer - Pinned It!

Short Retired - Mickey went over the levee then crossed the pond and up around the holding blind. He came back down to the right and got his bird.

Left Flyer - Going over the levee and across the middle of the pond, Mickey went up to the area just in front of the gunners. A quick loop behind them, he went out to the left, got deep left but worked his way back to the bird.

Long Retired - He drove the field left of the fall and got deep. He had to be handled back to his bird.

 

 

2nd No Bird - 29. FC-AFC Cropper's Fire in the Hole, "Deep" BLM, Al Arthur

Deep and Al came to the line at 2:02 pm and received a second no bird due to the left hand flyer not being dead.

No Bird / 2nd Rerun - 25. FC-AFC Abby's Physician Of Antioch, "Luke" BLM, Dan Hurst

 Luke and Dan came to the line and received their third No Bird. They should be placed at the end of the running order.

33. FC Freeline Pogie, "Pogie" BLM, Ty Rorem

Owner: Christian Healey

Open Stats: 1st placements - 1; Other placements - 6; Career Points - 13

1:48 pm

Right Flyer - Pogie too one loop deep then came straight back to her short flyer.

Short Retired - Going out to the holding blind, Pogie turned left and went over to the bird.

Left Flyer - He went up the levee and swam across the pond. Getting out to the fall area, he made few turns left and right and got his bird.

Long Retired - He went up the levee into the narrow end of the pond, then drove the hill wide right of the fall. With a quick turn back he got his bird.

No Bird - 32. FC-AFC Tucked Away At River's Edge, "Tucker" BLM, Alex Abraham

Tucker and Alex received a no bird when they went to the line. They will be back for a re-run!

Rerun - 27. FC-AFC Slick When Wet III, "Slick" BLM, Bill Sargenti

Owner: Ken Jackson

Open Stats: 1st placements - 7; Other placements - 12; Career Points - 55 

1:28 pm

Right Flyer - Nice bird and a solid effort. Slick got his bird.

Short Retired - he crossed the pond and had his bird.

Left Flyer - Well marked bird.

Left Retired - He went into the fall area then made a quick left. Slick got his bird.

 

30. FC-AFC Midway's Aventador, "Jenny" BLF, Tim Milligan

Owners: Ron Root & Woody Woodson

Open Stats: 1st placements - 6; Other placements - 7; Career Points - 40 

1:13 pm

Right Flyer - very long - Excellent Job!

Left Flyer - Jenny went up into the pond and swam across it. She went under the arc of the throw then moved left to her bird.

Short Retired - She got a little deep of the retired guns but hunted her way back down to the hid and then to her bird.

Long Retired - Out deep of the guns, Jenny drove the hill then cam back down to the draw and worked out her bird.

Pick-Up / Rerun - 26. FC-AFC Pinetree's Party Girl, "Snookie" BLF, Delma Hazzard

Owners: Delma Hazzard & Chip McEwen

Open Stats: 1st placements - 2; Other placements - 4; Career Points - 18

12:55 pm

Right Flyer - Nice job on her flyer

Short Retired - Nice line to the area but Snookie ran past the bird by a short distance, but came back and got it.

Left Flyer - Snookie had a good line to the area, then her hunt extended deep and right. They tried to work this out, but she ended needing to be picked up.

 

 

QUESTION??

 How many gunners does it take to push a Deere?

No Bird - 29. FC-AFC Cropper's Fire in the Hole, "Deep" BLM, Al Arthur

Deep and Al came to the line at 12:50 and received a no bird. They will go back in line and have a re-run.

2nd No Bird - 25. FC-AFC Abby's Physician Of Antioch, "Luke" BLM, Dan Hurst

12:41 pm 

Luke and Dan came up for their re-run and received another no bird. They will go back in line and have a second re-run.

Handle - 28. FC Truluck's Goin' Jessie, "Jessie" BLF, Danny Farmer

Owner: Michael Kammerer

Open Stats: 1st placements - 3; Other placements - 11; Career Points - 40 

12:25 pm

Right Flyer - Jessie went straight out to her bird.

Long Retired - A couple of loops and she had her bird.

Short Retired - She swam right to the area and got her bird.

Left Flyer - Jessie had a long flyer. She entered the field left but continued deep. She was handled to her bird.

 

 

No Bird - 27. FC-AFC Slick When Wet III, "Slick" BLM, Bill Sargenti

Slick at Bill came to the line at 12:19 pm and received a no bird. 

Handle / Rerun - 21. FC Field Of Dreams All Bets Are On, "Betsy" BLF, Dave Smith

Owner: Brad LaFave

Open Stats: 1st placements - 3; Other placements - 5; Career Points - 25

12:00 pm

Right Flyer - Betsy had a hard hunt in front of the guns to get her bird.

Short Retired - She got out behind the short gunners and kept going. She was handled back to the bird.

Left Flyer - Got this bird in nice fashion

Long Retired - Betsy got out to the area and hunted hard and worked it out to get her bird.

 

 

Rerun - 20. FC-AFC Kirkwood's Blue Grade Lady, "Gracie" BLF, Casey Adams

Owner: Casey Adams

Open Stats: 1st placements - 3; Other placements - 12; Career Points - 26 

11:39 am

Right Flyer - Gracie knew where that bird was.

Left Retired - A controlled hunt slightly deep but Gracie worked her way out to the bird.

Short Retired - Very nice mark

Long Retired - A little loop almost all the way out there but she moved on and found her bird. 

 

 

No Bird - 26. FC-AFC Pinetree's Party Girl, "Snookie" BLF, Delma Hazzard

 Snookie and Delma received a no bird. The will go back in line and come up for a rerun.

Rerun - 25. FC-AFC Abby's Physician Of Antioch, "Luke" BLM, Dan Hurst

 Luke and Dan received a no bird. They will go back in line and get a re-run.

Double Handle - 24. FC Lock Five's Tangled Up In Blue, "Tango" BLF, Mark Medford

Owners: Mark & Suzanne Medford
Open Stats: 1st placements - 1; Other placements - 4; Career Points - 13 

11:12 am

Right Flyer - Tango came across the field in front of the guns and started a hunt left of the fall. She hunted left and deep then came back to the bird.

Short Retired - Up the levee and cross the pond to get over the point, Tango went straight to her bird.

Left Flyer - Tango went over the levee and crossed the pond getting wide left. A quick whistle put her on the bird.

Long Retired - Going out for the bird, Tango got caught up at the blind for the short retired and had to be handled to her bird.

 

 

So True!!

"The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog."

                                                               Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

6th Series - Gun Change

 Our first gun changed happened after dog #22, "Stryder," completed his honor. Joe Broyles with his dog, "Chance," was the bye dog.

We started the 6th Series Water Quad with an Honor by calling the first test dog, Bess to the line at 7:38 am then Shooter came to the line at 8:07 am. When Shooter completed his test, he stood at honor for our first running dog #9, which came to the line at 8:54 am.

So far we have had 10 dogs complete this series. We have had 2 no birds, these dogs still need to get the re-runs, 1 double handle and another just handled. We also had a pick up. We are about 1 hour 45 minutes in this series and the time is averaging out to be about 10.5 per dog to complete it.

Our weather had been partly cloudy with temps in the upper 70's. We have a west wind at 8 mph.

We will be back soon with the next running dog.

 

TEST 6 – SKETCH DRAWING

 Here is the Sketch drawing of the Sixth Series by David Morrison …

Handle - 22. FC-AFC Waluke Stryder, "Stryder" BLM, Freeman Boyett

Owners: Freeman & Linda Boyett

Open Stats: 1st placements - 5; Other placements - 5; Career Points - 33.5

10:32 am

Right Flyer - Perfect

Left Flyer - good line to the area. Stryder worked the hillside with a few loops and retrieved his bird.

Long Retired - Stryder went up the hill and passed the bird. He got a nose full of sent and went into a draw hunt, then went back down to the bird.

Short Retired - Stryders's line started up towards the left flyer. With a whistle he was handled to the bird.

 

No Bird - 21. FC Field Of Dreams All Bets Are On, "Betsy" BLF, Dave Smith

Betsy & Dave came to the line and received a no bird.

This team will go back for a re-run.

No Bird - 20. FC-AFC Kirkwood's Blue Grade Lady, "Gracie" BLF, Casey Adams

Gracie and Casey came to the line and received a no bird on the flyer.

They will go back and have a re-run.

18. FC Vinwood's Million Dollar Baby, "Babe" BLF, Danny Farmer

Owners: DeWitt & Susan Boice

Open Stats: 1st placements - 8; Other placements - 12; Career Points - 63

10:02 am

Right Flyer - Babe committed to a controlled hunt deep and left. After an extended hunt that continued in the area she found her hen pheasant.

Short Retired - Sweeping behind the gunner hide, she made a left and was on her bird.

Left Flyer - Babe arrived in the area with a controlled hunt left, but she worked her way into the bird.

Long Retired - Nice line to the area, where she just missed the bird. She hunted the right side but came back to her bird within a couple of loops.

 

 

17. FC-AFC Jet Black's Supersonic Boom, "Sonic" BLM, Paul Sletten

Owners: Judy & Jim Powers

Open Stats: 1st placements - 4; Other placements - 17; Career Points - 48

9:49 am

Right Flyer - Sonic cut a piece of the water then angled across the hill and pinned the bird.

Short Retired - He went up the levee and crossed the pond over the narrow point then went straight to the bird.

Left Flyer - Sonic went into the left side of the pond, then up the hill wide left. He worked his way back to the fall area and got the bird.

Long Retired - Getting up under the arc, Sonic turned back to the left and worked his way to the bird.

 

 

Pick-Up - 16. FC-AFC Keeno's Ringo, "Ringo" BLM, Chris Ledford

Owners: Jessie Kent, Danny & Constance Luttrell

Open Stats: 1st placements - 2; Other placements - 6; Career Points - 17 

9:40 am

Right Flyer - Ringo hunted deep and worked his way back into recover the bird.

Ringo went out about 10 feet and came back two different. The handler moved the dog to the honor mat.

 

 

UpClose and Personal!

Here are a couple of great shots from Mark Atwater, our Official Photographer …

#10 – "Ghost"

#15 – "Drake"

12. FC-AFC Lock Five's Got Her Blue Genes On, "Baby" BLF, Bill Woodson

Owners: Jamie & Bill Woodson
Open Stats: 1st placements - 12; Other placements - 14; Career Points - 76.5 

9:23 am

Right flyer - Perfect Line

Short Retired - Baby went up the levee and crossed the pond. She circled the holding blind and went out to get her bird.

Left Flyer - She went out to the gunners and covered the hill left to right hunting for her bird by quartering the hill until she got her bird.

Long Retired - She went up the hill and under the arc of the through. Baby got deep and wide left but quickly adjusted and worked her way back down to grab her bird.